Trapped by your own 'all cultures are equal' mantra. What a shame. We have had to welcome bigots, racists, religious nutters and vile cultural practices. To sell it to us and to make it more palatable we were fed the usual tripe of 'all cultures are equal' and 'diversity is our strength' and 'we are the envy of the world' plus a few others.

Professor, if you have come up against an intolerant society in the USA just treat them like new arrivals. Pretend their faults are what will make your society stronger. You'll have to learn to tolerate their intolerance. We've had to. It can and will enrichen society. It's most uplifting.

Pleae forgive my post if it conveys the theme of schadenfreude. It is not intended.

Why should people tolerate something they find quite intolerable? The good professor obviously doesn't.

I find it intolerable that school kids are being used as political pawns under the guise of "tolerance".

Gawd, not another homosexual pusher so soon.

The pilgrim fathers fled England not because they want to to create a tolerant free for all but because they couldn't rid the English church of unbiblical practices, ie bishops and the like.

A pity that New Amsterdam didn't have a bigger influence on US values.

I am not sure why tihs article is in an Austrlaian forum though. Surely we haven't run out of local topics to discuss.

What an entirely dignified way of protesting. And how amazing that the act of just being quiet for a day inspired such vitriolic responses.

Gandhi would be proud, I think.

Like rats from a drain pipe so the conservers come slivering from their holes to spit their hate.